Shoe-polishing machine.



M. LEVY.

SHOE P OLISHING MAGIM'MR (Application led June 12m 1902A),

(No Model.)

Patented Aug. 26, |902.

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MORITZ LEVY, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

SHOE-POLISHING MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 707,703, dated August26, 1902.

application nea June 12,1902. serai No. 111,256. (No man.)

To @ZZ whom, it may concern.'

Be it known that I, MORITZ LEVY, a citizen of Russia, and a residentofNew York city, county and State of New York, have invented certain newand usefulImprovements in Shoe-Polishing Machines, of whichthe followingis a specification.

This invention relates to'a machine for removing the dust from a shoe,applying the blacking, and effecting first a preliminary and then a nalpolish, all in a simple and thorough manner.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a plan of my improvedshoe-polishing machine; Fig. 2, a vertical longitudinal section on line2 2, Fig. l; Fig..3, a similar section on line 3 3, Fig. l, and Fig. 4 adetail of the box-top.

The letter a represents a box having a slotted top a'. Above this topproj ecta brush for removing the dust or dirt,v a pair of brushes forapplying the blacking, a brush for a preliminary polish, and a1 clothfor a iinal polish.

The brushes b and c, which are used respectively for removing the dustand for applying the preliminary polish, are of the same construction.Each is hollow, of slightly tapering form, closed at the contracted end,open at the wider end, and with the bristles projecting inward from theinner face of the brush-head. The top a is slotted, so that each brushprojects partly above and partlybelow the same, the brushes beingmounted within the box a uponra common rotating shaft d. This sha't'tisjdriven from shaft e of handle e through bevel-gear d', and thebrushes are thus simultaneously operated -by turning the handle.

slots a is secured a holder for accommodating two blacking-boxes 7, thatface sidewise,

sothat `each brush is supplied with blacking by one of the boxes andtransmits it to the shoe.

In order to apply the final polish by means of a exible cloth 7c, Iconstruct the latter in the form of an endless band that passes from theinterior of box a outward through two parallel straight slots 01,3 oftop a. Along each slot the cloth is raised slightly ol'l the top by alow frame Z, that permits the ready introduction of the foot beneath theexposed section of the cloth. Within the box a. the cloth 7c passes overa drum m, from which it receives rotatory motion. The drum m is .mounted'upon a shaft m', which is driven from shaft d by pulleys dmz, andstring n.

In use the shoe is first introduced into the hollow brush b to bedusted. It is then placed upon the top d between the brushes fte receivethe blaeking, after which it is successively exposed to the action ofbrush o and the cloth m to receive the preliminary and then the finalpolish. In this way the shoe is thoroughly cleaned, blackened, andpolished in a rapid, thorough, and effective manner.

l. A shoe-polishing machine provided with a slotted top, and a hollowedrotating brush projecting partly above the same and havinginwardly-extendin g bristles, substantially as specified. Y 2.`Ashoepolishing machine provided with a slotted top, an endlesspolishing-cloth projecting through the same, and a rotating drumengaging said cloth, substantially as specified.

A shoe-polishin g machine provided with a box having a slotted top, anendless polishing-clothfprojecting through the same, frames forsupporting the cloth above the slotted top, and a rotating drum withinthe box that engages the cloth, substantially as specified. Signed by meat ANew York city, New

York, this 10th day of June,f1902.

MORITZ LEVY.

Witnesses:

WILLIAM SCHULZ, F. v. BRIESEN.

